Finally, an ITEC show I could walk to from my house, if I wanted to walk from a suburb across half of Dallas to the downtown Convention Center. At least I avoided being frisked at the airport. The Dallas ITEC stop is one of the biggest of the year (a little home town pride, thank you). Coming only two weeks after the Houston ITEC show, I had a chance to visit with several exhibitors who cover Texas top to bottom. One of the people I interviewed on video in Houston Jennifer Wright of Wright Business Technologies (she comes on after Phil McKinzey), helped out on the How to Fix IT Panel of experts with a reseller viewpoint. Two topics dominated the questions during the panel: backup and e-mail. Both dominated the session in Houston, as well. In Dallas, we upped the ante by having the tech person for a law firm ask about backing up and archiving e-mail.
My Microsoft Office vs. OpenOffice column triggered a response from someone I hadn’t heard from for years. Dave Piscitello’s been commenting about Microsoft for a while, and had this to say about my math comparing OpenOffice and Microsoft Office. Since Dave is a serious security expert, you have to believe what he says (especially when he agrees with me, right? Right?)
